Analyzing potential changes in system design for impacts to system performance and resulting system errors.

Identifying and correcting program errors, preparing operating instruction manuals for user applications and codes, compiling documentation of program development, and analyzing system capabilities to resolve user and customer challenges and problems.

COLORADO UNIVERSITY ~ RESEARCH ASSISTANT ~ 2010-PresentIndependently conceptualize, plan, and conduct original research on air quality modeling, effectively coordinating as many as 4 simultaneous projects at different stages of completion. Extensive work analyzing large datasets from simulations, with levels on the order of 63 x 10^9 data points. Developed and continue to follow process for determining which aspects of the data were relevant to the scientific community, how best to present data, and methods for visualizing data in Matlab. Create various ways of testing sources of problems related to model development, debugging code, and post-processing data.

CMAQ Adjoint Development: Collaborated with multi-disciplinary team of researchers, personally creating the adjoint of the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) aerosol module that allowed researchers to explicitly quantify effects of individual emissions on any desired metric for the modeled domain.

Gave numerous technical presentations at industry conferences, submitted 1 publication with 2 more in writing, and successfully defended thesis.

COLORADO UNIVERSITY ~ SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR ~ 2010-PresentHold authority for maintaining, upgrading, and repairing research group’s high-performance technology, including both hardware and software. Maintain 32-node server running CentOS and ensure all library/software packages are correctly distributed across nodes. Work with vendors to optimize performance as the sole person responsible for resolving frequently occurring problems. Assist users with problems, providing step-by-step instructions that are simple to understand for users at all levels. Maintain thorough documentation of all system changes/upgrades.

Significantly reduced maintenance time/requirements by developing scripts to perform daily tasks, monitor for common problems, and automatically fix those problems.

Created a User Guide and Administrator Guide that allowed new personnel to use server without extensive support.

COLORADO UNIVERSITY ~ TEACHING ASSISTANT ~ 2009Assisted professor with undergraduate-level fluid dynamics class, focusing primarily on administering tests, grading/providing feedback, and tutoring students. Led review sessions before every test, often presenting key materials to groups of as many as 100 students.

Promoted student success with written feedback on all assignments and explanations about correct/incorrect answers.

Supported students struggling with coursework by using review sessions and office hours to present information in different ways so each student could understand.

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS, INC. ~ INTERN, TOOLING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ~ 2006-2007Focused primarily on designing hardware for testing solid-propellant rockets, ensuring hardware was not only structurally stable but could also withstand extra forces during testing. Daily activities revolved around using computer-aided design software to propose and draft components in support of the testing process.

Assisted with quality control by analyzing data from failure events to determine cause of the failure.

Successfully closed out Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Audit, including writing responses to every point of concern, meeting all deadlines, and working with manufacturing facilities to ensure points of concern were properly addressed.

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS, INC. ~ STUDENT INTERN, PROCESS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ~ 2005-2006Charged with creating, updating, and revising technical documents that thoroughly detailed step-by-step instructions for the manufacturing of rocket parts. Extensive collaboration with manufacturers to identify processes that needed to be documented and processes that were incorrect or not relevant. Once documentation was complete, assisted with ensuring workers correctly followed documentation.

Contributed to continuous improvement by analyzing data for failure evaluation.

Ensured new/existing processes were detailed in the documentation, matched the process, and was easily understood.